Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Arts

Four Egyptian New Kingdom bright blue glazed faience inlay or tile fragments, each inscribed or partially inscribed with a hieroglyph, including t...

An Egyptian style decorative figure of a striding feline god, set on an integral rectangular base, with pseudo hieroglyphs around the edge of the ...

Two Greek terracotta hollow-backed relief fragments, each of a bearded male banqueteer wearing tall palmette headdress with frontal rosette, circa...

A limestone head of a woman, the himation partially covering her parted and clearly delineated hair, with prominent eyes, probably Roman, 10.3cm h...

A terracotta standing female figure, wearing a belted chiton, the himation draped over her arm and lower body, her hair drawn back into a chignon,...

A silver-inlaid bidriware vase (surahi), Hyderabad, Deccan, India, late 18th-early 19th century, of bulbous form on a splayed foot with long flari...

A folio from a Mughal album page, a jharokha portrait of a Lady, India, period of Muhammad Shah (1719-1748), opaque pigments heightened with gold ...

A folio from the Ardeshir album, Ladies bathing, Provincial Mughal, Lucknow, circa 1780, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the four y...

A portrait of Yogini, India, Mughal or Deccan, circa 1730, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the yogini standing in profile against a...

Portrait of a Lady and falcon, Oudh, North India, circa 1770, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted standing on a grassy mound a...

Two courtesans, Oudh, North India, 19th century, laid down on an earlier Safavid album folio, Iran, 17th century, opaque pigments on paper heighte...

An illustration to a Ragamala series: Raga Malkaus, Mewar, circa 1680, opaque pigments on paper, depicting Malkaus seated in a chamber with a maid...

A silver and gold damascened koftgari steel dish, India, 19th century, of rounded, stepped form, the centre well with four-loved motif containing ...

A cotton textile, Indonesia, 20th century, woven in dark blue, cream, red and lighter blue, with a design of stripes and oval cartouches containin...

A cotton textile, Indonesia, 20th century, of rectangular form,  woven in red, cream, brown with a series of roosters to each end, trees of life w...

A tinned copper dish with Persian inscription cartouches, India, late 17th century, of shallow circular form, with wide everted rim, the rim decor...

An engraved bronze lidded vessel, India, 17th century, the base on a short foot, engraved with repeating trefoil pattern, the domed lid with facet...

Two erotic scenes, Datia, Central India,17th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the first depicting an amorous couple making ...

A folio from a Bhagavata Purana series: A prince visiting an ascetic, Pahari, perhaps Kangra, early 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with ...

A Sultanate Qur'an juz, India, 15th or early 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 20ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 6ll. of black-ou...

Two Youths in a landscape, Iran, probably Isfahan, 17th century or later, opaque pigments on paper, with five rectangular cartouches to left each ...

A Mother and Child, signed Kushadad, Zand Iran, second half 18th century, opaque pigments on paper, laid down on card with profuse gilt foliated m...

A marriage contract booklet, India, 19th-early 20th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 6ff., with cartouches left blank and f...

A Group of Important Works - To be sold Without ReserveA gilt-metal thread embroidered textile, Persia, 18th century, embroidered in gold on red g...

A Group of Important Works - To be sold Without ReserveA Khorassan engraved bronze oil lamp, North East Persia, 12th-13th century, of drop form on...

A Group of Important Works - To be sold Without ReserveA Khorassan copper inlaid bronze ewer, North East Iran, 12th century, with slightly widenin...

An engraved Khorassan footed bowl, Persia, 13th century, on an octagonal foot, with deep bowl, engraved to exterior with vertical rectangular cart...

A silvered bronze figure of a bird, probably a thumbrest, Persia, 12th century, depicted with its beak resting on its chest, on square perspex mou...

A Safavid gilt-decorated and nielloed silver perfume flask, Persia, 17th century, in the form of a drinking flask, with two loop attachments, the ...

A Safavid blue and white pottery dish depicting a lion, Persia, 17th century, the stonepaste body of shallow form, painted in underglaze cobalt bl...

A signed laquered papier mache qalamdan, possibly the work of  'Aliquli Arna'ut, Persia, dated 1203AH/1788AD, of typical form, decorated to lid an...

An inscribed pear-wood sherbert spoon (qashaq) with portrait of Nasir Al-Din Shah, Abadeh, Iran, 19th century, the elaborate openwork handle with ...

A Qajar acid-etched steel shield, Persia, 19th century, with four floriform domed bosses, scenes of rulers and vessels and food enclosed in a vine...

A pair of Qajar brass openwork candlesticks, Persia, 19th century, each on a spreading foot and rising in sections, pierced to the centres with lo...

A Qajar engraved brass kashkul, Persia, 19th century, of typical coco-de-mer form, the ends rising to two pronounced dragon-head terminals, the to...

A Canton famille rose bowl and saucer from a service for a Qajar notable, Persia, late 19th century, the bowl of deep form, both decorated with la...

A Qajar pierced brass bottle vase with mythical creatures, Persia, 19th century, of baluster form, in two sections the upper of tulip form, the pi...

An Ottoman horn bow and arrows, Turkey, late 19th century, the bow of curved form tapering towards the ends, the surface painted in red and gold w...

A pottery plate in the Qajar style, Germany or France, 19th century, turquoise glazed, the central roundel surrounded by a series of oval and circ...